Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 12:12 - Lawful
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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How much | G4214 | πόσος |
interrogitive pronoun (of amount) how much (large long or [plural] many) |
then | G3767 | οὖν |
(adverbially) certainly or (conjugationally) accordingly |
is a man better | G1308 | διαφέρω |
to bear through that is (literally) transport; usually to bear apart that is (objectively) to toss about (figuratively report); subjectively to |
than a sheep | G4263 | πρόβατον |
[Noun Neuter] something that walks forward (a quadruped) that is (specifically) a sheep (literally or figuratively) |
Wherefore | G5620 | ὥστε |
so too that is thus therefore (in various relations of consecution as shown) |
it is lawful | G1832 | ἔξεστι |
[Verb] so also ἐξόν exon; neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 expressed); impersonally it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public) |
to do | G4160 | ποιέω |
[Verb] to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct) |
well | G2573 | καλῶς |
[Adverb] well (usually morally) |
on the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
sabbath days | G4521 | σάββατον |
[Noun Neuter] the Sabbath (that is Shabbath) or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight that is the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.